Hello Raymond,
    On Friday April 24 1998 14:09, Raymond Beriau wrote to Gerald Miller:
 GM>> At this point, all I can say is to move AUTOEXEC.BAT to somewhere
 GM>> not on the path...
 RB> OK, here is what I tried so far:
 RB>     with the following in CONFIG.SYS:
 RB>         SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM C:\4DOS /F
 RB>     and the following in 4DOS.INI:
 RB>         AutoExecPath=C:\4DOSEXEC.BTM
 RB>     - I removed AUTOEXEC.BAT from the root directory and kept
 RB> 4DOSEXEC.BTM
 RB> Well, 4DOS booted but ignored completely 4DOSEXEC.BTM (a few
 RB> environment values set but no alias nor any TSR, etc.).
 RB> I then moved 4DOSEXEC.BTM to the 4DOS sub-directory and kept
 RB> AUTOEXEC.BAT in the root directory:
 RB>     with the following in CONFIG.SYS:
 RB>         SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM C:\4DOS /F
 RB>     and the following in 4DOS.INI:
 RB>         AutoExecPath=C:\4DOS\4DOSEXEC.BTM
 RB> Well, 4DOS booted and loaded AUTOEXEC.BAT
 RB> I know that 4DOS read the "AutoExecPath=..." line as I entered a wrong
 RB> path and got an error message on the screen.
 RB> I even tried something else. I moved AUTOEXEC.BAT to my DOS
 RB> sub-directory, indicated the new location in the 4DOS.INI file, and
 RB> rebooted the computer. Well, 4DOS booted and went directly to the
 RB> prompt (as in my first example when 4DOS could not find AUTOEXEC.BAT
 RB> in the root directory...
I wish I had an answer for you.  I was bouncing alternatives off of you in 
the hope that one of them would provide a solution....
Have you tried NetMail to Rex Conn?
 GM>> + Origin: 4DOS for one and 4DOS for all! (1:153/715.6)
 RB> Should it not have been: "One for 4DOS, and 4DOS for all"  :)
Poetic license...   ;^)
              G'Day ... Gerald
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